Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a courtyard garden. Which edibles will tolerate less than ideal growing conditions. Discovering how veggies can grow in partial shade.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Warmest Day of the Year!

It was Tshirt weather in London today. Just the psychological boost of sunshine got me out on to the plot to tidy things up.This rhubarb is growing an inch a day at the moment.Bumble bees and butterflies were flying everywhere!My tomato seedlings are all up now. They spend their nights in the heated propagator and their days on the bench inside the greenhouse, making the most of all available sunlight.Peas 'Hurst Greenshaft' and broad beans 'Aquadulce Claudia' are outside during the day and in the greenhouse at night. In a few days I will harden them off completely and plant them outside.An added bonus today - I went to the RSPCA charity shop and found this RHS encyclopaedia for just £5. I love a bargain! Happy gardening!

I love it when the bumble bees are "bumbling" in the garden! My rhubarb is at just about the same point in growth as yours. We really do seem to be in similar climates even though we are in different countries!

It has been a T shirt weather here since long. In fact, very soon it is going to be a T shirt less weather, as the notoriously scorching Indian summer strikes. Must be a warm feeling to have butterflies and bumblebees around.

It's definitely warming up. I forgot to close my greenhouse last night, ooops. I went out this morning dreading what I was going to find, my tomato seedlings are in there, but everything was fine, thank goodness. I've got a memory like a sieve. It won't be long now until your rhubarb's ready to pull.

Well done with the A-Z Encyclopedia for a fiver.I brought mine a few years ago and it cost £35 for the set.They are heavy to carry about and make sure you read them on a table as they will make your arms ache if you try to read them like a normal book, but worth every penny...

About Me

I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com